ang mo kio
the place grew up in
went there todae to cut hair
haha tt's autie, my mum's fren.. she's the one whu chop off my almost waist-length when i waz before i went to sec 1.
haha mi n ultra long hair veri hard to visualize haha

i used to like to go bk to amk like aft i moved in sec 2
to lok at the place to visit my pri sch n da teachers there
then the whole place went under upgrading n the old sch site waz demolished
wat's the use of going bk to a place where the pple u noe are not there animore?
hmm.. i go look at the buildings lor
wat's the use of bk to a place where even the buildings dont look the same animore??

sigh i haf nothing against brown but with the whole place hafing light brown paint n brown tiles everiwhere i felt abit sick.. hmm n sad la
i still prefer the blue paint, my flat used to haf a gradient with the top few floors blue n the rest had a gradien t frm dark blue to light blue b4 joing the white part
the floor tt iz rather badly cemented iz damn flat now..

aft cutting hair i hesitated at my pri sch front gate for a while but didnt go in
dont noe y
instead i went taking the route home, tt route tt i walked 6 yrs of my life almost everidae last time
down the road then across the traffic light.. hmm juz like when i waz in pri sch
then i see my blk
i used to tink tt the area iz veri special like a little town on its own cozi had a little straight road n two rows of buildings lining the roads

differences
brown buildings eek
covered walkway
thiz little part for cars to turn it...
the PLAYROUND
gone waz the green field tt i used to play 'baseball' erm with a tennis ball last time
gone waz the playground tt i played all sorts of games with all my childhood friends - the merry-go-round, the sandpit, the WOODEN see-saw, the alwayz popular swing, the wierd looking tutle tt u can find in the shell, the little stone seats..
now there's onli pathetic rubber playground with tt one structure tt comprises of slide, monkey bar etc
kids cant so much of get a scratch or bleed at all there la.. veri fun meh? haha paseh do i luv pain?
the lift wif brown doors n tiles.. argh i hate brown todae
many many more

smilarities
hm the position of the flats are still the same
ha! bet they cant change tt..
the bottom of the staircase tt i crashed my brother's new bike in when i waz 6, i waz hurt so badly tt they had to carry mi home haha its still the same, onli with a new coat of paint..
as i climbed up the stairs.. haha it still feels the same, the height of each step iz still so familiar, i can sail up at ease..
the little platform at the top of alternate flight of stairs.. the same
the railing still feels the same..

third floor
nobody along the corridor, luckily :P
03-2662
the new owner used bk the same windows the same door the same metal gate
still look the same w/o our plant, wlo our shoe rack but with a new bike..
w/o mi, my fam, my neighbours
doesnt the owner noe tt bikes will get stolen when they are placed lidat?
our bikes got stolen b4 but found it in the end
doesnt the owner noe tt i can open all the windows frm the outside easily?
a trick my bros taught mi when i waz young
tempted but didnt try
realli feel like looking at my house my rm again haha
then i left
nothing there to see animore
the famous 2nd fllor with ultra long corridor, still as cluttered but i tink some neighours moved, either tt or their plants died.
my mama used to go wif mi to sneakily pluck like one leaf frm each of the plants for science projects, or wierd young botanist stuff haha
there used to b a pot of plant with matural holes on he leaves. my fav not pest-attacked ones but all the leaves haf nice holes with smooth edges haha
at the edge of the block..
the familiar sound of the mrt train going towards the amk station.. still the same
the train itself hasnt change much too, at least the one i juz saw
the white ones with a red stripe across the body, behind the high green fence

i passed by my kindergarten as well haha cant believe i waz there 13-14yrs ago

sigh i started writing thiz at 2.50pm n itz 1.07am e next dae now.. distractions distractions.. haha

as i waz saying

i went thru the underpass which iz still da same..
haha tink they cant do anithing to it la unless they wan to risk the mrt track collapsing..
i crossed the 3-lane road...
haha last time i hafta hold my mama's hand when i crossed
waz rather proud the 1st time i crossed it alone..
then now it look harmless to mi liao

the grassland b4 the lib haf a new ntuc built on it
the durian puffs are heavenly man, with real 'authentic' durian filling haha
the grassland has its story as well
my bros went missing when they were rather young one particular year we were doing CNY shopping
i tink my da ge solicited my er ge to go explore sum place wif him n they sneaked off leaving my damn worried mum n mi
tink i cried n the station-outside-toilet auntie at the market still remembers lor haha
they tried to cross the muddy grassland n end ur getting their slippers stuck
as gungho pple the perserve on after abandoning their slippers onli ending up kena attacked my ots of mimosa
alot of the spiky part got stuck in their soles n they ended by being hauled home with my parents helping to remove the spikes for them
hmm.. tt's the story of the scary grassland haha

the library iz freaking new, high tech, damn nice now
but juz damn dff frm wat it used to b la..
wat can i sae... i mean old things alwayz hafta make way for the new ones i guess... :s

i oso went to the market's hawker centre
haha ordered satay beehoon
actualli juz wanna try it n see y my bros alwayz order it everitime we cum haha
i used to stick to the 'unoriginal' chicken rice most of the time
i still rem one stormy nite/evening
my mama brought us there to wait for the rain n eat dinner as well.
it waz rather late n most stalls r closed liao
but the abit of satay beehoon i tasted waz still nice n warm
i tried to look for the same stall but there we 2 side-by-side now, ard the area tt i vaguely remembered
so i chose one tt i tot the ah mm looked familiar,
mayb itz onli my illusion la i dunnoe
it tasted rather good
but i guess eating alone, esp eating tt alone isnt as much fun

the good-looking uncle tt sells kids' wear where at the market opp the stall iz no longer there liaoz..
used to tink he looked rather good altho he's abit sissy n got BIG eyes
haha when i waz 6 he waz late 20s tink he muz b 40+ now
stick out my neck to look for ani uncle figure but i onli saw an auntie
mayb tt's his wife..
i'll check it out the nxt time i pass by again

aiyah am i long winded or am i long winded
haha quite sian writing so long liaoz..
nostalgia huh
amk
the place i grew up in
dont realli like to go there as much as last time aft i juz moved liaoz
too much has changed
but as my mama says
walking along the streets brings bk lots of memories as well

the group of childhood frens
i waz the youngest then
wonder where they r now
i cried when we moved lor
quite diu1 lian3
but watever... i realli she3bu4 de2 mah
but now.. fifth CNY i celebrating in sengkang liaoz...

looking forward to CNY
i like CNY n CNY songs too haha